Catalina Vasquez Villalpando

Catalina Vasquez Villalpando (1 April 1940-) was Treasurer of the United States (R) from 11 December 1989 to 20 January 1993, succeeding Katherine D. Ortega and preceding Mary Ellen Withrow.

Biography
Catalina Vasquez Villalpando was born in San Marcos, Texas on 1 April 1940, the daughter of a migrant worker who was a lifelong member of the Democratic Party. She graduated from the University of Texas College of Business Administration, and she became a secretary of the Republican Party of Texas in Austin while attending business school. She became an oil company vice-president and consulting firm owner, and she supported George H.W. Bush during the 1980 election cycle. She became a prominent Republican Party and Hispanic activist, and Bush made her Treasurer in 1989. Villalpando paid for the reduction of the national debt and the restoration of Mount Rushmore by amassing $37,000,000 through the sale of Mount Rushmore commemorative coins, and new $50 and $100 bills began circulation due to advances in technology. She left office with the Bush administration in 1993, and she served four months in prison for influence-peddling.